thank you, jim. >> the united states has been responding to events as they unfold in ukraine. now, throughout this crisis, we have been very clear about one fundamental principle, the ukrainian people deserve the opportunity to determine their own future. together with our european allies, we have urged an end to the violence and encouraged ukrainians to pursue a course in which they stabilize their country, form a broad-based government and move to elections this spring. i also spoke several days ago with president putin and my administration has been in daily communication with russian officials. and we have made clear that they can be part of an international community's effort to support the stability and success of a united ukraine going forward, which is not only in the interests of the people of the ukraine and the international community but also in russia's interests. however, we are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the russian federation inside of the ukraine. russia has historic relationship with ukraine, including cultural and economic